Correlation of circulating MMP-9 with white blood cell count in humans: effect of smoking.

Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) is an emerging biomarker for several disease conditions, where white blood cell (WBC) count is also elevated. In this study, we examined the relationship between MMP-9 and WBC levels in apparently healthy smoking and non-smoking human subjects.We conducted a cross-...

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Main Authors: Soren Snitker, Keming Xie, Kathleen A Ryan, Daozhan Yu, Alan R Shuldiner, Braxton D Mitchell, Da-Wei Gong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3692499?pdf=render